12 May 2013 09:44 - Reuters Toppled in a 1999 coup, jailed and exiled, Nawaz Sharif has made an election comeback, heading for a third term as Pakistan's prime minister.
11 May 2013 14:02 - Damon Wake Millions of Pakistanis have turned out to vote in landmark elections, despite an attack claimed by the Taliban that has killed 11 people in Karachi.
07 May 2013 20:41 - Reuters Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has injured his head after falling at a rally just days before national elections, say officials.
03 May 2013 13:18 - Ashraf Khan A candidate running for Parliament in Pakistan's election next week has been shot dead along with his three-year-old son in Karachi, say police.
29 Apr 2013 10:16 - Jibran Ahmad A bomb has killed eight people in Pakistan, including the son of an Afghan cleric, and wounded about 45 in the city of Peshawar, officials have said.
17 Apr 2013 08:03 - Maaz Khan Pakistani troops have scrambled to aid the remote victims of an earthquake centred in nearby Iran, as a strong aftershock has jolted the region.
02 Feb 2013 14:57 - AFP Pakistan crashed to their lowest Test total when they were bowled out for 49 by a South African pace barrage on the second day of their first Test.
01 Feb 2013 00:00 - Neil Manthorp There are no big names in this Pakistan Test side, but they have the skill to trouble South Africa, writes Neil Manthorp.
19 Dec 2012 13:37 - Reuters Three workers in a United Nations-backed polio eradication campaign have been shot in Pakistan and two of them have been killed.
16 Dec 2012 13:20 - Sapa-AFP Six people were killed as police and troops battled armed militants in Pakistan's Peshawar, a day after a deadly Taliban raid on the city's airport.
13 Dec 2012 17:01
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20 Nov 2012 09:37 - Masroor Gilani A Pakistan court has thrown out all charges against a disabled Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that drew international condemnation.
13 Oct 2012 13:23 - Mark Tran Pakistan is set to become the first country in South Asia to introduce the pneumococcal vaccine to protect children against pneumonia.
12 Oct 2012 00:00 - Jon Boone The Taliban's attempt to kill a 14-year-old girl, famous for speaking out against Islamic militants, has triggered a wave of revulsion in Pakistan.
10 Oct 2012 15:23 - Saud Mehsud Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai who was shot by the Taliban on Tuesday had defied threats for years, believing her good work was her protection.
10 Oct 2012 09:27 - SH Khan Doctors were to decide whether to fly abroad the 14-year-old activist who is in a critical condition after being shot in the head by the Taliban.
21 Sep 2012 19:49 - Aisha Chowdhry Protests against insults to Prophet Muhammad turned violent in Pakistan, killing at least 15, but remained mostly peaceful in other Arab countries.